English Vocabulary in Use Pre-intermediate and Intermediate » Unit 30: Notices and warnings

Word List
  • admission
  • do not leave bags unattended
  • feed
  • fragile
  • in progress
  • injure
  • keep off sth
  • keep right/left
  • lean
  • mind the step
  • mind your head
  • motorbike
  • no entry
  • no exit
  • no parking
  • no vacancies
  • notice n
  • out of order
  • queue v
  • silence
  • sold out
  • warning
Exercises

30.1 ‣ Complete these notices and warnings. More than one answer may be possible.

  1. NO
  2. MIND THE _____
  3. ADMISSION _____
  4. OUT OF _____
  5. NO _____
  6. DO NOT _____
  7. PLEASE QUEUE _____
  8. MIND YOUR _____
  9. PLEASE DO NOT _____
  10. KEEP OFF _____
  11. KEEP _____
  12. SILENCE EXAMINATION _____

30.2 ‣ Where could you see these notices or warnings?



  2. _____

  3. _____

  4. _____

  5. _____

  6. _____

  7. _____

30.3 ‣ What notice could you see in each of these places?

  1. on the underground
  2. in a waiting area in a busy airport
    _____
  3. on the door of a hotel room at 9 am
    _____
  4. in front of garage doors
    _____
  5. above the window of a train
    _____
  6. on a door going into a low room
    _____
  7. outside a museum or art gallery
    _____
  8. outside a room where students are doing an exam
    _____

30.4 ‣

Over to you

Look for other notices (in English or your first language). Can you understand the English notices? Can you translate the ones in your own language? Try to find four more notices in the next week.

Answer Key
A ‣ Notices

on a machine that is not working, e.g. vending machine (above)

in the window of a hotel; the hotel is full

outside a theatre; all the tickets have been sold

outside a museum; you can go in free
B ‣ Do this!

wait in a line on the other side of this notice, e.g. in a bank or post office

stay on the right side, e.g. on the underground

do not walk on the grass

be quiet, an exam is happening now
C ‣ Don’t do this!

you cannot leave your car here

you cannot go in here

you cannot go out here

on a hotel door; leave me to sleep

don’t put a bag down and walk away

do not give food to the animals
D ‣ Warnings*

Take care you don’t hit your head on a low door.

Be careful. There’s a step.

be careful, this parcel will break easily

*something that tells you that something bad may happen

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